Keratinocyte Growth Factor Acts as a Mesenchymal Factor That Promotes Ovarian Primordial to Primary Follicle Transition
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Keratinocyte growth factor acts as a mesenchymal factor that promotes ovarian primordial to primary follicle transition.
An important but poorly understood process in ovarian biology is the transition of the developmentally arrested primordial follicle to the developing primary follicle. Interactions between the epithelial and mesenchymal cells of the follicle are critical for the coordination of ovarian follicle development. The mesenchymal growth factor keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) (i.e., fibroblast growth ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology of Reproduction
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0006-3363,1529-7268
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.043117